It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere.
This video is about doors. Joe Posner investigates, with some help from 99%
invisible, a wonderful podcast. Check them out here: http://www.99pi.org
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There's a door on the 10th floor in the Vox Media office I hate so much.
You probably know one of these too. But it's not our fault.
And luckily, Roman Mars of 99% Invisible magically arrived in my cellphone
to send me on a cross-country journey to find out the incredible surprises
behind this common complaint:
Don Norman started complaining about doors over 25 years ago. Doors
shouldn't need instructions – the shape of them can guide you through
just fine. So why do so many doors need instruction manuals right on the
side of them?
When most people complain about something, nothing happens. Don Norman is
not most people – he's a psychologist and cognitive scientist. Don
Norman thought about, and wrote about his complaints so incredibly
thoroughly that he changed the world. 99% Invisible's Roman Mars helps
tell the story.
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